evangelist
noun [ C ] uk/ɪˈvæn.dʒə.lɪst/ us/ɪˈvæn.dʒə.lɪst/
(RELIGION)
（基督教）布道者，旅行传道者
a person who tries to persuade people to become Christians, often by travelling around and organizing religious meetings
In Texas she became involved with Christian evangelists.
The evangelist wanted to preach at the Charlotte Coliseum.
See also: televangelist (televangelism)
- More examples
- Richard Nixon, a Quaker, invited evangelists to the White House.
- Graham was a young Baptist evangelist after World War II when the Rev. William Bell Riley heard him preach.
- The Lord spoke to him and he soon became an evangelist, traveling the country and delivering the word of God.